Improvement in farm-gates



Farm-Gate No. 205,438. Patented .lune 25,1878.

N4 PETERS. PHOTO-UTHCGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D Cy UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

AJOSEPH E. STONG, OF NEWTONBROOK, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,438, dated June 25, 1878 application tiled February 9, 1878.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, J osErH E. S'roNG, of the village of Newtonbrook, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to that class of gates provided with levers so arranged that the gate can be opened and closed by pulling upon them; and the object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction thereof, consisting, first, in pivoting theleyers on top of the posts, planking the back end of the gate, the inner ends ot' the said levers cross ing each other, and connected by rods to the diagonal brace or lifting bar of the gate, each rod being on the opposite side of the gate to that upon which the post supporting its lever is placed; secondly, in providing the gate withspring-guards, latch, &c., as hereinafter more particularly described and shown.

Figure l illustrates, in perspective, my inlproved'EXcelsior gate. Fig. 2 illustrates adetail of latch. Fig. 3 illustrates a detail of spring-guard. Fig. 4 is a detail of lever.

A is a heavy base-board or sill, provided with cross-ties B B, as shown. The latch-post C ofthe gate D passes through the base-board A, and is secured by the wedge E. The lever-posts F F are bolted to the base-board A, and are braced together by the cap G. The posts F F are notched, so as to receive the levers H H, which are pivoted therein. Their short ends overlap each other and project over the opposite side of the gate, and are connected to the lifting-bars I of the gate D by the rods J J. These rods are connected to the bars I by staples, and hook into the plates h h, screwed onto the inside of the levers H H, so that in raising the gate the rods J J are on a line.

There are two lifting-bars, I--one on each side of the gate-secured together by the bolts K and L, the former passing through the. top rail M of the gate, the latter passing through the posts F F.

The braces or steady-in g-bars N correspond, and are parallel with the bars I. They -are bound together and held to the gate D by the bolt O, which passes through the top rail M, and their?! other ends are secured, by the bolt Q, to the post P, which is secured to the baseboard A, as shown.

R R are handles suspended from the levers H H.

At the back end of the top rail M, I attach on each side thereof the spring-guards S S, formed toll up the space between the two posts F F, and thus guiding the gate into the latch, and steadying the back end thereof Vwhen the gate D is closed.

As it is important that the gate D should not be easily opened by cows and other farm animals, I have designed a latch which s ecures the gate -D when closed, so that it cannot be opened except when pulled bac-k in the direction that the rods J J pull it. To form this latch I hollow out or nail vertical cleats upon the post C, so as to form a recess to receive the stile T of the gate D. Within this recess I spike a sheet-metal guard, d, shaped and fitting the post C, as shown. This guard is pierced, the pin e, which passes through and is secured to the stile T, entering the said hole when the gate is close( I do not claim, broadly, the bars I and N fory carrying back the gate D, nor the levers H H and rods J J for operating it; but

What I do claim as my invention is- The gate D, base A, and latch-post C, recessed to receive the stile T of the gate, combined with the lever-posts F, spring-guards S S, lifting-bars I, braces N, and levers H, with their connections, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH E. STONG.

Witnesses:

DONALD C. RIDoUT, ALLEN TREBILGOGK. 

